Debaryomyces Hansenii Strains Isolated from Danish Cheese Brines Act As Biocontrol Agents to Inhibit Germination and Growth of Contaminating Molds
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Debaryomyces hansenii Strains Isolated From Danish Cheese Brines Act as Biocontrol Agents to Inhibit Germination and Growth of Contaminating Molds Huang, Chuchu; Zhang, Ling; Johansen, Pernille Greve; Petersen, Mikael Agerlin; Arneborg, Nils; Jespersen, Lene Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.662785 Publication date: 2021 Document version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Document license: CC BY Citation for published version (APA): Huang, C., Zhang, L., Johansen, P. G., Petersen, M. A., Arneborg, N., & Jespersen, L. (2021). Debaryomyces hansenii Strains Isolated From Danish Cheese Brines Act as Biocontrol Agents to Inhibit Germination and Growth of Contaminating Molds. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, [662785]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.662785 Download date: 03. okt.. 2021 fmicb-12-662785 June 9, 2021 Time: 17:39 # 1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 15 June 2021 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.662785 Debaryomyces hansenii Strains Isolated From Danish Cheese Brines Act as Biocontrol Agents to Inhibit Germination and Growth of Contaminating Molds Chuchu Huang, Ling Zhang, Pernille Greve Johansen, Mikael Agerlin Petersen, Nils Arneborg and Lene Jespersen* Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The antagonistic activities of native Debaryomyces hansenii strains isolated from Danish Edited by: cheese brines were evaluated against contaminating molds in the dairy industry. Jian Zhao, Determination of chromosome polymorphism by use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis University of New South Wales, Australia (PFGE) revealed a huge genetic heterogeneity among the D. hansenii strains, which Reviewed by: was reflected in intra-species variation at the phenotypic level. 11 D. hansenii strains Chao-An Long, were tested for their ability to inhibit germination and growth of contaminating molds, Huazhong Agricultural University, China frequently occurring at Danish dairies, i.e., Cladosporium inversicolor, Cladosporium Mark Turner, sinuosum, Fusarium avenaceum, Mucor racemosus, and Penicillium roqueforti. The University of Queensland, Especially the germination of C. inversicolor and P. roqueforti was significantly inhibited Australia by cell-free supernatants of all D. hansenii strains. The underlying factors behind the *Correspondence: Lene Jespersen inhibitory effects of the D. hansenii cell-free supernatants were investigated. Based [email protected] on dynamic headspace sampling followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (DHS-GC-MS), 71 volatile compounds (VOCs) produced by the D. hansenii strains Specialty section: This article was submitted to were identified, including 6 acids, 22 alcohols, 15 aldehydes, 3 benzene derivatives, Food Microbiology, 8 esters, 3 heterocyclic compounds, 12 ketones, and 2 phenols. Among the 71 a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology identified VOCs, inhibition of germination of C. inversicolor correlated strongly with Received: 01 February 2021 three VOCs, i.e., 3-methylbutanoic acid, 2-pentanone as well as acetic acid. For Accepted: 20 May 2021 P. roqueforti, two VOCs correlated with inhibition of germination, i.e., acetone and 2- Published: 15 June 2021 phenylethanol, of which the latter also correlated strongly with inhibition of mycelium Citation: growth. Low half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC ) were especially observed Huang C, Zhang L, Johansen PG, 50 −5 −4 Petersen MA, Arneborg N and for 3-methylbutanoic acid, i.e., 6.32–9.53 × 10 and 2.00–2.67 × 10 mol/L for Jespersen L (2021) Debaryomyces C. inversicolor and P.roqueforti, respectively. For 2-phenylethanol, a well-known quorum hansenii Strains Isolated From Danish −3 −3 Cheese Brines Act as Biocontrol sensing molecule, the IC50 was 1.99–7.49 × 10 and 1.73–3.45 × 10 mol/L for Agents to Inhibit Germination C. inversicolor and P. roqueforti, respectively. For acetic acid, the IC50 was 1.35– and Growth of Contaminating Molds. 2.47 × 10−3 and 1.19–2.80 × 10−3 mol/L for C. inversicolor and P. roqueforti, Front. Microbiol. 12:662785. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.662785 respectively. Finally, relative weak inhibition was observed for 2-pentanone and acetone. Frontiers in Microbiology| www.frontiersin.org 1 June 2021| Volume 12| Article 662785 fmicb-12-662785 June 9, 2021 Time: 17:39 # 2 Huang et al. D. hansenii Inhibits Contaminating Molds The current study shows that native strains of D. hansenii isolated from Danish brines have antagonistic effects against specific contaminating molds and points to the development of D. hansenii strains as bioprotective cultures, targeting cheese brines and cheese surfaces. Keywords: Debaryomyces hansenii, antagonistic activities, biocontrol, contaminating molds, cheese brine INTRODUCTION varieties (Gori et al., 2012). Previously, we found that D. hansenii is by far the most predominant yeast species isolated from Danbo Mold contamination is a major problem occurring in food cheese brines reaching ≥ 3.5 log10 CFU/mL (Haastrup et al., processing, which not only leads to severe economic losses and 2018). Moreover, D. hansenii is a highly heterogeneous species food waste but also may influence food safety (Garnier et al., showing phenotypic differences at the strain level. Variations 2017). In the dairy industry, mold contamination can appear among strains include differences in the ability to assimilate throughout the entire cheese production as cheeses come into and ferment different carbon sources, secretion of dissimilar contact with processing equipment and air. Mold growth is lipases and proteases, and diverse preferable growth conditions especially seen during cheese ripening, storage, and distribution (Petersen and Jespersen, 2004). Consequently, strain variations in which results in a reduction of cheese quality including visible antagonistic potential might be expected. Antifungal activities of and invisible defects such as mold colonization, off-flavors, and D. hansenii against contaminating molds are reported for several potential risk of mycotoxin formation (Kure and Skaar, 2019). As foods including dry-cured meat products (Andrade et al., 2014; a consequence, antifungal compounds and potential biocontrol Núñez et al., 2015), fruits (Hernández-Montiel et al., 2010), and agents have received increasing interest to prevent the growth of dairy products (Van Den Tempel and Jakobsen, 2000; Liu and contaminating molds on cheeses (Irlinger and Mounier, 2009). Tsao, 2009; Lessard et al., 2012). In dairy products, D. hansenii Yeasts are considered relevant for biocontrol applications, due is reported to reduce the growth of Penicillium camemberti to their simple cultivation requirements and limited biosafety (Lessard et al., 2012). Further, D. hansenii strains obtained concerns (Freimoser et al., 2019). A number of yeast species from blue mold cheeses are able to weakly inhibit P. roqueforti have been proven to have antagonistic activities against molds, under aerobic conditions (Van Den Tempel and Jakobsen, 2000). though mostly applied in the control of post-harvest diseases of Up to now, several factors have been found to influence the fruits (Bencheqroun et al., 2007; Liu et al., 2013; Grzegorczyk antifungal efficiency of D. hansenii, including water activity et al., 2017; Czarnecka et al., 2019). Within food production, (aw), temperature, nutrient availability (Andrade et al., 2014; antagonistic yeasts have been reported on, e.g., meat and dairy Núñez et al., 2015), and the concentration of molds (Liu and products (Liu and Tsao, 2010; Andrade et al., 2014) but their Tsao, 2009). Further, the production of metabolites varies among application is lacking behind. A number of antifungal volatile D. hansenii strains (Núñez et al., 2015; Grzegorczyk et al., 2017; organic compounds (VOCs) produced by biocontrol yeasts have Hernandez-Montiel et al., 2018). In previous studies, D. hansenii been associated with fungal inhibition, i.e., several alcohols strains have been shown to exhibit varying antifungal actions (2-phenylethanol, ethanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol and 3-methyl-1- (Van Den Tempel and Jakobsen, 2000; Medina-Córdova et al., butanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol, and isoamyl alcohol) (Fialho et al., 2018), however, further in-depth studies are required to explore 2010; Ando et al., 2012; Núñez et al., 2015; Contarino et al., 2019) these actions. We have previously determined the distinctive and esters (ethyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, phenylethyl acetate, growth characteristics and NaCl tolerance of D. hansenii strains isobutyl acetate, 2-phenyl ethyl acetate, and ethyl propionate) isolated from Danish cheese brines (Zhang et al., 2020), however, (Masoud et al., 2005; Fialho et al., 2010; Choinska´ et al., 2020). their potential abilities to inhibit mold contaminants from dairy Although several studies state the production of VOCs involved environments have not, as yet, been explored. in the antifungal activities of biocontrol yeasts, only a few This paper aims to evaluate the antifungal activities of of the aforementioned single VOCs have been investigated in D. hansenii strains isolated from Danish cheese brines against depth. Also other antifungal actions of antagonistic yeasts have different contaminating molds. For this purpose, the effects been reported including the competition for space and nutrients of different D. hansenii strains were examined for their between yeasts and molds (Andrade et al., 2014; Medina-Córdova inhibitory capacity on germination and growth of contaminating et al., 2016) as well as killer toxins